Nivens is being held at the Hoke County Detention Facility under a $2 million bond, records show.

Hoke County Sheriff Hubert A. Peterkin wrote that Nivens is charged with attempted first-degree murder and robbery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the assault at the school.

Nivens faces other changes stemming from a sexual assault and multiple break-ins and thefts from churches around Hoke County.

Nivens was also charged with:

First-degree forcible rape

First-degree foricilbe sex offense

Four counts breaking and entering a place of worship

Four counts larceny after breaking and entering

Conspire to break and enter a place of worship

Larceny of motor vehicle

Possession of a firearm by a felon

Obtain property by false pretense

Failure to appear – assault on a female

The Hoke County Sheriff’s office said Nivens broke into the Community United Methodist Church, Truth and Faith Pentecostal Church of Deliverance, Shiloh Presbyterian Church, and Helping Hands Worship Center.

The principal of the school told CBS North Carolina that there were students inside the school for after-school care when the incident happened. The students were in another room at the time of the attack and were not injured.